Leadership

Board of Directors

Senior Leadership Team

Medical Advisory Committee

International Board of Directors

Victor Nichols

Board Chair
Director of Bank of Hawaii

Kairus Tarapore

Vice Chair
Retired Chief Human Resource Officer, Xylem Inc. and current Board Member with Succeed Smart Inc. and The Child Center of New York

Jonathan Polin

Treasurer
Chief Executive Officer of atomos wealth

Matt Lewis

Secretary & Legal Counsel
Partner, White & Case

Dr. Tom Cheung

Director
Deputy Chief and Assistant Medical Director, Emergency Medicine – Lakeridge Health

A Make-A-Wish International Board Member in a suit and tie

Joseph W.Y. Chong

Director
Regional Executive Vice President, Asia and Managing Director, The Peninsula Hong Kong

Mike Densmore

Director
Founder & CEO, Unbridled Consulting

Tasia Filippatos

Director
President, Consumer Products, Games and Publishing. The Walt Disney Company

Niv Garih

Director
Executive Board Member, Alarko Group Of Companies and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Alarko Carrier Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.Ş.

Dr. Kevin CH Lau

Director
Founding Executive Chairman, Trinity Medical Group Limited

Nina Maldonado

Director
CEO, Impact Communications

Derya Matras

Director
Vice President EMEA, Meta

Matthias Chika Mordi

Director
CEO, National Competitiveness Council of Nigeria and Chairman, United Capital PLC

Damian Thornton

Director
Managing Director, Piper Sandler

Senior Leadership Team

Luciano Manzo

President & CEO

Sylvia Hopkins Hanneman

Vice President
Events Strategy & Communications

Carly Galli

Vice President
Technology & Innovation

Léna Quéromès

Vice President
Finance & Administration

Fiona Kearney

Vice President
Fundraising

Jenny Cook

Vice President
Affiliate Development & Support

Medical Advisory Committee

Dr. Kevin Lau

MPA, MPH, MBBS (HK)

FHKCR, FRCR (UK) and FHKAM (Radiology). Founding Executive Chairman, Trinity Medical Group, Hong Kong.

Dr Douglas Scothorn

MD, PhD Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Mission Health, Asheville, NC.

Dr Jeremy Lin

MBBS, MMED- Paeds, MCI (S’pore). MRCPH (UK). Paediatric Neurology (Epilepsy, Brain ＆ Spine Conditions), National University Hospital, Singapore.

Dr Kai Ning Cheong

MBBS (HK), MRCPCH(UK), DTM&H (LSTM), FHKAM (Paed), FHKCPaed (Fellow in Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases), Paediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, Hong Kong Children’s Hospital/Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.

Dr. Bethaney Kaye

DNP, Director of Medical Affairs, Make-A-Wish America.

Dr Marguerite A.W. Gorter-Stam

Surgeon, subsp. Oncology and pediatrics, (pediatric) palliative care specialist (HMS)

Joseph W.Y. Chong

Regional Executive Vice President, Asia and Managing Director, The Peninsula Hong Kong

Dr Vassilios Papadakis

Director at Agia Sophia Children’s Hospital

Dr Rasha Gamal

Director of Cairo University Specialized Pediatric Hospital – Abu Reesh Hospital

Dr Shahrukh K. Hashmi

Medical Director (Dean) of Research, SSMC / Mayo Clinic Abu Dhabi

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